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Book – Chicago Bibliography

General Tips

  • Place of Publication List the first place of publication given on the title page. No state or country is usually necessary, but if the location of the city is not clear, use a comma and then the two-letter abbreviation for the state or the country.
  • Associations, corporations, agencies, government departments and organizations are considered authors when there is no single author
  • Publishers: Write the name of the publisher given on the title page. You may shorten the publisher, for example, using "Knopf" for Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.

Book – Print Version

Format:

Last, First M. Book Title., Edition ed.[only after the first] City: Publisher, Year published.

Examples:


1. Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice (New York: Penguin Classics, 2007), 265.

2. Austen, Pride and Prejudice, 401.

Austen, Jane. Pride and Prejudice. New York: Penguin Classics, 2007.


1. Julio Cortázar and Gregory Rabassa, Hopscotch (New York: Pantheon Books, 1966), 84

2. Cortázar and Rabassa, Hopscotch, 77.

Cortázar, Julio. Hopscotch. Edited by Gregory Rabassa. New York: Pantheon Books, 1966.


1. Scott Lash, Economies of Signs & Space (London: SAGE Publications, 1994), 170.

2. Lash, Economies, 201.

Lash, Scott. Economies of Signs & Space. London: SAGE Publications, 1994.


1. Edward B. Tylor, Researches into the Early Development of Mankind and the Development of Civilization., ed. Paul Bohannan (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1964), 77.

2. Tylor, Early Development of Mankind, 88.

Tylor, Edward B. Researches into the Early Development of Mankind and the Development of Civilization. Edited by Paul Bohannan. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1964.

Edited Book – Print Version

  • When citing an entire book that lists editors on its title page, insert the editor's name in the place where the authors' names are now, followed by , ed (if only one editor), , eds (if more than one editor is listed)

Format:

Last, First, ed. Title of Book. City: Publisher, Year published.

Examples:


1. Adelaida R. Del Castillo, ed., Between Borders: Essays on Mexicana/Chicana history (Encino, CA: Floricanto, 1990), 212-56.

2. Del Castillo, Between borders, 234

Del Castillo, Adelaida R., ed. Between Borders: Essays on Mexicana/Chicana history. Encino, CA: Floricanto, 1990.


1. Marcia McClintock Folsom, ed., Approaches to Teaching Austen's Emma (New York: Modern Language Association of America, 2004), 20-25.

2. Folsom, Austen's Emma, 35.

Folsom, Marcia McClintock, ed. Approaches to Teaching Austen's Emma. New York: Modern Language Association of America, 2004.

Translated Book – Print Version

  • Cite as you would any other book. Add "Translated by " and follow with the name(s) of the translator(s).

Format:

Last, First. Title of Book. Translated by First Last. City: Publisher, Year published.

Example:

1. Gabriel García Márquez, Love in the Time of Cholera, trans. Edith Grossman (London: Cape, 1988), 25.

2. García Márquez, Time of Cholera, 33.

García Márquez, Gabriel. Love in the Time of Cholera. Translated by Edith Grossman. London: Cape, 1988.

Chapter in an edited book – Print version

  • When citing an individual chapter (including instances when you cite a direct quote from the chapter), put the page numbers of the whole chapter after the book title or editor.

Format:

Last, First. "Title of Chapter." In Title of Book, edited by First Last, pp-pp. City: Publisher, Year published.

Examples:


1. Peter Chilson, "The Border," in The Best American Travel Writing 2008, ed. Anthony Bourdain (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1964), 200.

2. Chilson, "Border," 255.

Chilson, Peter. "The Border." In The Best American Travel Writing 2008, edited by Anthony Bourdain, 44-51. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1964.

Book – Electronic version

  • If possible use DOI over URL
  • For books downloaded from a library or bookseller indicate the format at the end of the citation (e.g. Kindle edition, PDF e-book, Microsoft Reader e-book, Palm e-book, CD-ROM).

Format:

Last, First M. Book Title., Edition City: Publisher, Year published. Accessed Month day, year [not usually necessary]. doi:xx.xxxxxxxxxx [OR] URL.

Examples:

1. Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice (New York: Penguin Classics, 2006), Kindle edition,100-120.

2. Austen, Pride and Prejudice, 111.

Austen, Jane. Pride and Prejudice. New York: Penguin Classics, 2007. Kindle edition.


1. Olive Baldwin and Thelma Wilson, s.v. "Ann Catley (1745–1789)," in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford University Press, 2004), accessed December 19, 2014, doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/4895.

2. Baldwin and Wilson, "Ann Catley."

Baldwin, Olive, and Thelma Wilson. "Ann Catley (1745–1789)." In Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press, 2004. Accessed December 19, 2014. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/4895.

Kurland, Philip B., ed. The Founders’ Constitution. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1987. Accessed February 28, 2010. http://press-pubs.uchicago.edu/founders/.



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